Weekend service changes to affect over a dozen subway lines

Check out these service changes before taking the subway this weekend.

Once again, construction work to upgrade and maintain stations, tracks and signal systems is affecting weekend service on most of the city’s subway lines. The MTA is advising customers to allow for extra travel time if they rely on any of these trains.

From 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, the last stop for some uptown 1 trains is 137th Street due to track panel installation north of 225 th Street in the Bronx.

2

From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4, there are no 2 trains between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 96th Street due to station work at 149 th Street-Grand concourse, track maintenance at 96th Street and tunnel lighting in the Harlem River tube. Downtown 2 trains operate local between 96th Street and Times Square-42nd Street.

Free shuttle buses operate:

Non-stop – Between 96th Street and 3rd Avenue-149th Street

Local – Between 96th Street and 3rd Avenue-149th Street

During this time, 2 trains will operate in two sections:

Between 241 st Street and 3 rd Avenue-149th Street

Between 96th Street and Flatbush Avenue

3

From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4, 3 service is suspended due to station work at 149th Street-Grand Concourse, track maintenance at 96th Street and tunnel lighting in the Harlem River tube. 2 trains make all 3 station stops between 96th Street and Franklin Avenue. 4 trains make all 3 station stops between Franklin Avenue and New Lots Avenue. Free shuttle bus operates as a local between 96th Street and 148th Street.

4

From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4, 4 service is extended to New Lots Avenue and operates as a local in Brooklyn due to work on the 2, 3, 5 line.

4 (Overnights)

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2,

From 11:45 p.m. Saturday, March 2 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, March 3 and

From 11:45 p.m. Sunday, March 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4,

Downtown 4 trains run express from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to track tie block work near 96th Street and 103rd Street.

5

From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4, there are no 5 trains between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse due to station work at 149th Street-Grand Concourse, track maintenance at 96th Street and tunnel lighting in the Harlem River tube.

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4, downtown 6 trains run express from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to track tie block work near 96th Street and 103rd Street.

7

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4 (and the next three weekends), there is no 7 train service between Times Square-42nd Street and Queensboro Plaza due to Flushing Line CBTC work. Customers may take the E, N, Q and S (42nd Street shuttle) and free shuttle buses as alternatives.

*Q service is extended to Ditmars Blvd. (See Q entry for hours of operation.)

C

From 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, uptown C trains run express from Canal Street to 145th Street due to electrical work at 47th -50th Sts.

D

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 4 to 5 a.m. Friday, there is no Bronx-bound D service at 3 th Street-Herald Square, 42nd Street-Bryant Park, 47th -50th – Sts and 7th Avenue due to electrical work at 47th -50th Sts.

E (Overnights)

From 12:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2

From 12:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, March 3

From 12:15 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4

Queens-bound E trains run express from Queens Plaza to Roosevelt Avenue due to track renewal north of 36 th Street.

F, G

At all times through first quarter of 2013, F and G trains skip Smith-9th Sts. in both directions due to station rehabilitation. Customers may use the B61 for connections between Smith-9th Sts. station and 4th Avenue-9th Street station, where F, G and R trains are available. Customers may also use the B57 bus for connections between Smith-9th Sts. station and Carroll Street station, where F and G trains are available.

F

From 9:45 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4, Queens-bound F trains are rerouted via the M line from 47th -50th Sts to Queens Plaza due to station work at Lexington Avenue-63rd Street for SAS.

M

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4, M service is suspended due to station work at Fresh Pond Road, Forest, Seneca, Knickerbocker and Central Avenues. Free shuttle buses operate between Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue, making all station stops.

N

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 4, Brooklyn-bound N trains run express from 34th Street-Herald Square to Canal Street due to track maintenance at 8th Street.

Q

From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 2 and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 3, Q trains are extended to Ditmars Blvd. in order to augment service between Manhattan and Queens.

R

From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, Queens-bound R trains run express from Queens Plaza to Roosevelt Avenue due to track renewal north of 36th Street.

From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, Brooklyn-bound R trains run express from 34th Street-Herald Square to Canal Street due to track maintenance at 8th Street.

S (42 nd Street Shuttle) (Overnights)

From 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday, March 2, Sunday, March 3, Monday, March 4, and Monday, March 4, 42nd Street S shuttle operates overnight due to weekend work on the 7 line.